Community Plan Update Ad Hoc Committee Monday March27, 2023

Agenda

Neighborhood Council of Westchester/Playa
www.ncwpdr.org

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Chairperson Julie Ross
Meeting Date: March 27, 2023 6:30 pm
Meeting Place Via Zoom and by telephone

Call to Order:

Introductions

Discussion/Action (Motion):

1.

Approval of minutes of February 27, 2023 meeting.

2.

Jenny Hontz of Livable Communities will make a presentation on “Solving our housing crisis while delivering the beauty and convenience of a 15-minute city” and how it relates to the Community Plan Update.

https://www.livablecommunitiesinitiative.com

3.

Draft Ordinance CPC-2023-1083-CA (Affordable Housing Amendment)

Report to Committee on Public Hearing of 3/13

What: The Site Plan Review Amendment would amend the City’s Site Plan Review Ordinance (No. 165,691) to exempt deed-restricted affordable housing units from being counted towards the 50 unit threshold.

4.

Stakeholder Education – Introduce New FAQs and tutorials on how to created them.

Kimberly Fox and Cory Birkett will report on:

New FAQ (Fox): LAX Street Modifications

Summary of street modifications (widening, lanes added etc.) planned along with other LAX updates in its expansion plan. Documented to help stakeholders review street infrastructure changes as a factor in changing traffic patterns for future travelers.

New FAQ (Fox): Roll-Up of Church and Non-Profit Possible Parcels

Summary of potential new land available in NCWP geography from religious and non-profit organizations development affordable housing on their own properties. Based on possible passage of SB4 (has moved to Senate Governance Committee on 3/21/23).

New FAQ (Fox): Reading/Ramsgate Projected Density Study

Recap of development trends in Westchester’s Reading/Ramsgate area. This traditionally a low-density, affordable rental market is rapidly being redevelopment with significantly higher density, market-rate apartments. FAQ supports discussion of how to best consider this important rental area in the future CPU Draft.

New FAQ (Birkett): Roll up of details on all recent density projects (answer the community Q re # of affordable units currently)

Accurate count of building specs to determine # of market-rate and affordable units have been created in the NCWP geography.

See attachments which explain:

A list of the topics (so we can discuss who will make which videos)
Blank PPT template example
Instructions for how to create the video with voice over.

5.

Building Forms Reference Table

Goal: in lieu of new LA Zoning Code definitions of building types, create our own draft “pick list”

Method: create a list of built forms described in the NCWP CPU Draft 1.0 plus other descriptions of unique Build Form types from other Draft 1 Westside plans, and recently completed CPUs around the City.

6.

Open items for review

Stakeholder Education – FAQ Library publication status
Funding Land Use counsel
LAWA traffic patterns/flows data research
Timeline

Public Comment:

Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items, 1 minute.

For More Info:

Public Comment Request

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